it begs the question how can the candidate who received more votes than any republican in history be tearing his party apart? >> donald trump standing his ground among one of the toughest stretches in his campaign. >> i always wanted to get the purple heart. this was easier. >> this amid a back and forth between gold star parents. he received deferments to avoid the draft d >> i got lucky because i had a high draft number. i'll never forget. that was an amazing period of time in my life. >> reporter: added to the growing list of gaffes giving republicans pause. >> this has been the most dreadful two weeks of a presidential candidate following his convention and all has been self-inflicted. >> now reports of a new level of panic in republican circles that the trump train is out of control. >> the candidate is in control of his campaign. that's no. 1.

>> reporter: it's prompting an intervention. rudy giuliani and newt gingrich as well as the trump children and the rnc chair allegedly set to sit down with the candidate to see if they can save him from himself. >> the campaign is focused. the campaign is moving forward in a positive way. the only need we have for an intervention is with media types who keep saying things that aren't true >> reporter: the campaign is causing lifelong republicans, like richard whitman to support hillary clinton. still other republicans are left with a choice that marco rubio explained this afternoon. >> it's a choice between someone i disagree with on many issues and someone i disagree with on every issue. >> reporter: reports that because of the controversies and what's described as his erratic behavior, officials are exploring how to find a new nominee if he were to drop out of the race. we should note there has been no

july. it shows the kind of uneasiness that's going on in the republican party. alison: this is an election like no other. thank you so much. political analyst jeanne zaino, we'll start with you. on the republican side of things, how do you find a way to unite? what do they do? > you know, it's a tough time for the republican party. this is no surprise. this is a party that had 17 candidates in it initially came out on top. you know, i think one of the things that the republican party has to look at is given all the snafus they've had, he's still raising money as was just noted, and hillary clinton is not running away with this race yet. so particularly you look in the swing states. the democrats have got to be asking if they had a more popular, well liked, trusted candidate, they would be in a

republican party. i won't kid anybody. the thing that unites them has been the distaste for hillary clinton and the fact that the clinton machine has been in control or governing the united states for many, many decades. that makes many people, especially on the democratic side, uncomfortable, including many of bernie sanders supporters. that is a party that is in trouble as well. it has been a tough year all around for both parties, but donald trump is not helping himself or the no question about that. alison: i see you shaking your head. how do you look at that situation and do you feel the democrats should be further ahead, given the upset or junret going on? >> if you look at the state by state polling, hillary clinton has a pretty significant lead in pennsylvania and in many -- in florida, many of the swing states. if you look at the state by state polling. the national polling, the lead is not as big.

historically has been more accurate. i do think for the democrats, certainly no matter what donald trump's crazy of the day is, i don't think they should take the campaign for granted. they should continue to be aggressive. they should continue to push, raise money, do the things that are made for excellent campaign fundamentals. but to say that the democratic party is having a worse year than the republican party, donald trump at this point is unhinged. i mean controversy to controversy. he's always been doing that, but it's faster now. he seems -- when you look at him, he just seems out of it. he seems like someone who's lost it. at this point, i think we should be concerned as a nation that he's like that. he -- this is happening as a result of the pressure. he's under a tremendous amount of pressure as is any candidate. if you can't handle the pressure now on the campaign, you certainly can't handle the

alison: how do you respond to that? do you think the republicans need to look for somebody else? and is there a chance at all that donald will say i'm backing out? >> it's been a crazy election year. i'm not going to say never. i don't think that is going to happen. i don't think there is any real concerted effort to look for an alternative. if they are, there are plenty of people in the waiting. a lot of people ran. but i will say that this is what happens to a party when you nominate somebody who was not an recently. if you look at it, donald trump looks, sounds like and acts more like a democrat than a republican. this is a guy who voted democratic from 1992 until 2008 and funded hillary clinton in 2008 and 2009 and, in fact, talked about what a good leader she was. the democrats -- the republicans have gotten themselves a candidate who has been a democrat for most of his adult life, switched to the republican

who has been an independent his whole life and ran on the democratic ticket. so both of these parties are in this very similar experience. on the democratic side, the establishment person won narrowly. on the republican side, the anti-establishment person won. i will tell you he has had -- been saying and doing things that are unconventional. in this environment, that seems to be selling. because people don't want a conventional establishment figure. so we can't be se him. alison: i'll give you the last word. you've had a unique experience with donald trump. you were on the apprentice. what was it like working or being with him during that experience? >> the person i'm seeing over the past year is very different than the person i saw on the apprentice. was it obvious that donald trump likes to be the center of attention and wants to be the center of the universe? yes. alison: we all knew that. >> that's been very consistent.

behavior -- and that's to me the best word that captures it. she says unconventional. i say unhinged. some of the things he said, they're divisive, offensive, and nonsensical. a lot of things he said policy-wise are things that just don't even exist. he's making things up out of thin air and showing no effort to bone up or prepare or understand the issues that face this country and the world. so that's not the person i saw on to me, it's extremely disturbing. alison: thank you both so much for coming in. one thing we can agree on, this is an election like no other. thank you so much. thank you for being here. we'll take a short break but we're coming right back with nick's forecast. nick: i hope you like today. it was spectacular. we're going to do it again tomorrow as high pressure stays in control. looks like overall, the next seven days are pretty nice. alison: tomorrow, we tackle the great debate cash versus plastic.

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alison: now to other headlines. police combing through surveillance video after a jogger was found dead in queens.

discovered in spring creek park last night near howard beach. she was out for a run when police say she was attacked. >> evidence of strangulation, asphyxiation. there's hemorrhaging we're looking at. we're investigating anybody using the park. >> reporter: she may have been sexually assaulted during the attack. no arrests. alison: a new jersey man cleared of rape nearly 30 years after he was wrongly convicted. in 1998, he was convicted in the rape of a teenage girl as walked home from mcdonald's. dna evidence cleared him of the crime. he served four years in prison and 24 years on the sex offender registry. >> the state introducing new regulations to improve safety in nail salons in october. salons will be required to supply fresh air to remove chemicals and fumes and they'll need exhaust systems at manicure and pedicure stations. some owners are afraid the changes will be too expensive

down. a beauty today. nick: wasn't it wonderful? alison: we could have a repeat in store? nick: we will. i guarantee it. i don't say that often. i'm guaranteeing tomorrow will be like today. alison: nice and crisp. a little fresh. nick: sunshine through the day and a comfortable day with low humidity. we hit 80 today. that was really, really nice when the average high should be 84. with low humidity, it's going to feel really nice. 66 in the city. morning and it will be 50s for those of you north and west. 84, 69 is average. 97 the record high. that was 11 years ago. way back 1927, we were down as low as 55. and right now in new york city, we're holding with temperatures in the 70s at 77. the humidity is very dry. wind is out of the southeast. it's kept it cooler along the coast. the pressure is falling off a bit. around 80 for most places today.

82 in allentown. right now, low 70s at montauk. mid 70s from long island back to the jersey shore. upper 70s around town. 80 away from the coast as you get from sussex. 82 at poughkeepsie. there's the southeast wind. it will be east to southeast right through tomorrow. with that kind of wind, it can't get that hot. here is a look at fox 5 sky guardian. and we're not looking at anything. it will be coming up. a few scattered clouds will be in the sky. that's about it. you can see a few scattered clouds off to the north and west. our big weather maker is high pressure offshore. it's forcing the humidity to stay to the south and the showers and storms can't make it back up in our direction. that can't last forever. eventually as the high pressure slides a little further on to the east, later on to the week we'll see the temperature come up a bit.

to middle 80s. eventually by late in the day on friday, you'll feel the humidity come back into the first part of the weekend. wow, enjoy tomorrow. 60s out the door in the city. 50s in the suburbs. 77 midday. 82 in the afternoon. and there's our futurecast showing the great weather in play. there goes the high further offshore as we move into the future. that will start bringing more of the southwesterly flow back. temperature comes up and so does the humidity. eventually this front will approach with scattered showers and storms on get another great stretch of weather that will take us into next week. great vacation weather for those of you that have vacation plans coming up. scattered storms from minneapolis right down to nashville down to florida tomorrow. upper 80s to 90. cooler at baltimore. 100 in oklahoma city. scattered afternoon thunderstorms. reno, 92, warm and dry in portland, oregon. dry tonight with a few scattered clouds and mild.

sunny, comfortably warm tomorrow. that's two days in a row i said comfortable. 82 in the city. upper 70s along the coast with the wind coming off the ocean. here's the seven day. friday, 83. more humid by later in the day. more humid and up to 89 on saturday. afternoon and evening thunderstorms. there's the nice stretch of weather returning with dry weather for sunday. middle 80s there. upper 60s at night. lots of sunshine takes us through tuesday into wednesday. so -- alison: what more do you need? two days in a r beautiful in august. nick: a gift. enjoy. alison: thank you. if you've had it up to here with the negative news, we have, too. next, a look back at some of new york's happiest moments and the common thread that makes us feel great as a city. >> and on friday, the growing momentum for no knock laws. what local communities are doing to keep aggressive and annoying solicitors off people's property.

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alison: welcome back. we know the news can be pretty depressing. sometimes you need a pick me up, so we're going to give you that. stacey delikat takes a look at some of new york's happiest moments and why they make us feel so good. >> the new york yankees, world champions, team of the decade, most successful franchise of the century. >> reporter: from the greatest

to historic holy visits, new york has had its share of happy moments. >> what we're talking about are things that engaged many of the residents of new york city in different ways in an exciting, delighted, gleeful way. it was positive. >> we asked libby o'connell to help us curate some of the highlights. she started w of world war ii, the elation captured in this photo for "life" magazine. >> there wasn't in the country that wasn't happy about that moment. but new york was particularly important. because of our location as a harbor and the role of the navy in the area, there were a lot of sailors celebrating in times square. that's where you get that wonderful photograph of the sailor kissing the girl as she passed by c.

that broke records, beatle mania on full display at shea stadium on august 15th, 1965. >> there's so much screaming and crying, that you could hardly hear the music. it was a moment in time for that whole generation. they were so excited about the beatles. >> reporter: 21 years later at shea stadium, another milestone as the mets beat the red sox to win the 1986 world series, just e moments that have brought the city together. from yankees world series wins to giants super bowl titles, most recently last summer's world cup win by the u.s. women's soccer team and the ticker-tape parade that followed, all united the city in celebration. >> it doesn't matter what the sport is. there is a wonderful sort of joy that a fan has when their team wins, right? and when it's a city's team,

all of us. >> reporter: even new yorkers who aren't religious have been touched by visits by the pope, whether john paul ii, benedict or pope francis. >> he was so warmly greeted that people came out to see him who had not planned to do that. they realized this is an historic moment. he talks about tolerance and unity and the themes that are important for our city. >> reporter: while the excitement of pope francis' visit is still fresh new yorkers minds, i'm stacey delikat, fox 5 news. alison: i feel more uplifted. she mentioned great moments in new york and just events that happen here that sort of put the nation in a good mood. >> absolutely. that's the thing about being in

epicenter of a lot of things. the positive emotionradiates out for everyone. alison: when we talk about a holiday celebration or the thanksgiving day parade, santa is coming out, what is it about the events that inspire us? what's going on there psychologically? >> for a lot of these, they're associated with home and family because we are often with our family members and, for example, a lot of the moments have to do with sports associated with our around these different events. when something good happens, there's a tremendous outpouring of raw emotion around these things. alison: you bring up sports. we think of the moments like mike piazza hitting a home run after september 11th. george w. bush throwing out the pitch at the yankees game in the world series after september 11th, a time when our nation was so down. and those simple sports moments. they weren't simple, but those

sports seem to do it like no other. >> they do. because they're associated with these things and when we're down and there's bad things happening in the world, we're looking for something. we're looking for hope. those moments where we're all together, that's the other thing about sports, you watch in a group and we feel more stimulated when we're around other people. all of those other divisions are gone. and it gives us something to cheer about. in the moment, wherever you come from, it doesn't matter if we come from different sides of religions, different politics. in that moment, we're just new yorkers and we're there to do the same things to root for teams. >> one other thing you explained, i'm a sports fan who goes like this every time my friend does something great. that's a biological response? >> a natural reaction. it's a cross cultural reaction. when something really good happens that you cheer about, you do this. you can see it in little kids as well.

of showing joy physically when something like that happens. it's wonderful. alison: thank you so much for coming in. i hope we gave our viewers a bit of this. we need it. thank you so much. when we come back, a former player turned former coach wants to be a player again. have we confused you? we'll talk about it in two

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